Software Engineer, Home Client Infrastructure
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in C++ programming, and with data structures/algorithms.
- 1 year of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
- Experience with performance measurements/optimizations on constrained hardware specifications.
- Experience with Google-wide technologies including Protobuf and Blaze.
- Ability to engage in technical details and solve complex problems while coordinating with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Engineering Productivity) on technical strategies.
About the job
Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.
The team builds the client infrastructure that powers voice experiences across hundreds of millions of Google smart home devices in production, including the Google Home speaker, Android TV, and Google Nest Hub. You will work closely with Home Infrastructure Serving teams to ensure our clients take advantage of the best that Home serving infrastructure has to offer.
The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Write and test product or system development code.
- Build and maintain production services with telemetry/monitoring/testing.
- Report on multi-quarter projects.
- Perform logs and experiment analysis, migrating production systems/traffic, and debugging distributed systems.
- Work on large legacy codebases to understand dependencies and control flows.
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